[[Image:Hydrophobic Hosta.jpg|thumb|[[Epicuticular wax]] covering the [[Plant cuticle|cuticle]] of a leaf of ''[[Hosta]] sieboldiana'' makes it [[hydrophobic]]. Water, unable to [[wetting|wet]] the cuticle, beads up and runs off, carrying dust and soluble contamination with it. This property of self-cleaning ultrahydrophobicity is known as the [[Lotus effect|''Lotus'' effect]]]]
